Diphtheria and its associates / by Lennox Browne ; illustrated by the author.

  • Browne, Lennox (Isaac Lennox), 1841-1902.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Diphtheria and its associates / by Lennox Browne ; illustrated by the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But the value of all facts acquired in the laboratory must of necessity depend on their ability to stand the crucial test of bed- side application; because, whatever the source of information, the saving of human life should always constitute the paramount object of all professors of the healing art. Whether I have been successful in laying down correctly the lines of a safe middle course, the following pages must testify; that, at any rate, is the aim of this attempt. Every endeavour has been made to give the latest views on each separate branch of this vast subject, and for this purpose the opinions of recognised authorities are largely quoted. It is not, however, for a moment suggested that this essay is to be accepted as in any degree exhaustive. With the mass of literature and information at command, that were a task almost sufficient for a lifetime. It is a pleasurable duty to thankfully acknowledge the oppor- tunities afforded by the Metropolitan Asylums' Board to follow the course of Diphtheria, as exhibited and treated according to modern views, in one of their hospitals, in a manner and to an extent that is impossible for one who, in consulting practice, but too often sees a case when the malady is so far advanced that the patient is practically beyond hope of recovery. To Dr. Gayton, Superintendent of the North-Western Fever Hospital, whose wards I have attended, I owe an especial debt of gratitude for the great liberality with which lie has permitted me to acquire information, for his zeal and co-operation in my work, and for much wise counsel, the outcome of a unique experience, which cannot fail to give value to a large portion of what I have to say. To the Clinical Kesearch Association I am indebted for the